Stolen car spotted in Stockton surveillance camera; two arrested

STOCKTON – A stolen car was observed through a downtown surveillance camera Monday evening, and the camera operators directed​ police officers as it traveled east, resulting in the arrests of a man and a boy as well as the recovery of the car.

STOCKTON – A stolen car was observed through a downtown surveillance camera Monday evening, and the camera operators directed​ police officers as it traveled east, resulting in the arrests of a man and a boy as well as the recovery of the car.

The alert camera operators first spotted the car at San Joaquin and Channel streets around 7:53 p.m. Monday. Responding officers stopped the vehicle at the corner of East Fremont and Sierra Nevada streets, police reported.

The occupants of the vehicle, Antolin Pena and a juvenile male, were arrested on suspicion of auto theft, according to a report.